The machine kept the boy alive. He slept in it every day, and when he was awake it was painful for him not to be in it. Mathe asked his guardian once what the machine was for. "It holds you together" was the plain response, and he was told to not think about it. So he didn't. Mathe grew up and set about to live his life. And then one day, the machine broke.
End Game Theory proudly presents part one of Volume III of ERADECA, the epic saga of ten generations of one family.
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